Surprised he left this lovely little film by Borge Ring…think it was the winner for 1985, and one of my personal favourites:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vuMm60nep6c

What–no Crunchbird?

Digging a little deeper myself, here’s a few other M.I.A.’s on that list I found links for…
1947 - Tweetie Pie Friz Freleng/WB http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1149544
1948 - The Little Orphan Hanna-Barbera/MGM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeFH23J6vkc
1961 - Surogat (Ersatz) Dusan Vukotic/Zagreb Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qpexFfqX3M
1971 - The Crunch Bird Ted Petok http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=8266795
1972 - A Christmas Carol Richard Williams video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8817517652455175582
1973 - Frank Film Frank & Caroline Mouris http://www.ubu.com/film/mouris.html
1976 - Leisure Suzanne Baker/Film Australia http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4900844592636891539
1977 - Le Château de sable (The Sand Castle) Co Hoedeman/National Film Board of Canada http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7797074249768510401
1979 - Every Child Eugene Fedorenko/National Film Board of Canada http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=757760319446670369
1981 - Crac Frederic Back/Societe Radio-Canada http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2518565066307198534
1982 - Tango Zbigniew Rybczynski/Studio Se-Ma-For/Film Polski http://www.6rooms.com/watch/845183.htm
1984 - Charade Jon Minnis/Sheridan College http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/9nOK5ZRX6s4/
1985 - Anna & Bella Borge Ring/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuMm60nep6c
1987 - The Man Who Planted Trees Frederic Back/Societe Radio-Canada http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2926032018049266053
1988 - Tin Toy John Lessetter/PIXAR http://www.56.com/u12/v_MTQ0MDEyMDE.html
1993 - The Wrong Trousers Nick Park/Aardman Animations http://www.guba.com/watch/3000044864
1994 - Bob’s Birthday Alison Snowden/David Fine/National Film Board of Canada/Channel Four http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6107050347174400909
1995 - A Close Shave Nick Park/Aardman Animations http://www.guba.com/watch/3000044901
1997 - Geri’s Game Jan Pinkava/PIXAR http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7251734
1999 - The Old Man and The Sea Alexander Petrov http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3141619465931332181
2001 - For The Birds Ralph Eggleston/PIXAR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMgEsRU-G70
2002 - The ChubbChubbs! Eric Armstrong http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8203302554024875930
2003 - Harvie Krumpet Adam Elliot http://www.atomfilms.com/film/harvie_krumpet.jsp
2004 - Ryan Chris Landreth/National Film Board of Canada http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2221051144364079933

There, that should plug up a few holes!

Also of note, it appears Stage6 will go bye-bye in a few days, how sad, but I saw it coming!

I have a memory of a cartoon I saw between the years 1953 and 1961 in Fort Worth, TX. It involved either seals or polar bears, and they were singing a heartbreaking song because one of their young had died. My late mother was of the opinion that whichever TV station showed it removed it from the airwaves because it was too mature for children. It was very powerful. Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?
Thanks!
Robin